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'At Sussex Inlet, St. George's Basin, I have seen a barn, 28 years old 

 (1917), entirely constructed of this timber, ground-blocks and all. It has 

 never had a coat of paint, and is fairly sound. 



Size. This is a rather erect tree, usually not much above 50 feet high, and 

 with a trunk diameter of 2 feet. It has not a deeply furrowed, but a more 

 or less cracked or flaky bark. 



Habitat. In coastal New South Wales and Queensland, where, indeed, it 

 is sometimes known as " Coast Swamp Oak," it is usually found in sandy 

 and in low, black-mould, swampy places, and tidal creeks, sometimes growing 

 in salt water. 



In Eastern Australia I have seen it from the Shoalhaven River, New 

 South Wales, (in the south) to Rockhampton, Queensland (in the north), 

 and I should be very glad if observers would look out for it beyond those 

 limits. 



It does not always grow on flats near 'the water's edge. For example, the 

 clump of She Oaks, in a dry situation, near Governor Bourke's Statue, in 

 the Outer Domain, at Sydney, was not planted by the hand of man, and 

 it is in a high and dry situation, many feet above high-water mark. The 

 Sydney Botanic Gardens contains natural clumps of this species, which is 

 still abundant in Port Jackson, and must have been very plentiful there 

 at one time. 



There is a very fine row of this species along the creek (which I am 

 informed is brackish) at Edensor Park (Mr. William Harris), 44 miles from 

 Liverpool, 011 the road to Badgery's Creek. 



I also found this species on the road from Liverpool to Bringelly, near 

 Cabramatta (the old village of that name, now called Rossmore). The water 

 here is also brackish in a dry time. Here we have localities at a considerable 

 distance from the sea-shore, or tidal water, showing that the species is not 

 exclusively confined to the coast. It has also been proved to be an inland 

 species in New South Wales, and much more inland that in Western 

 Australia. It would appear, therefore, that both in New South Wales and 

 in Western Australia the vicinity of brackish water is necessary for the 

 existence of this species. 



Acting District Forester W. F. Crowley has sent this " Swamp Oak " to 

 me from Bodalla and Bermagui, the latter being the most southerly locality 

 known to me. 



As regards Victoria, Mueller (" Key to the System of Victorian Plants," 

 ii,12) records it from the north-west of that State only. All the specimens 

 I have seen from the north-west are C. lepidophloia, but I think collectors 

 will probably find it near the sea in Eastern Victoria. 



Coming to South Australia, Tate (" Flora of S. Australia," p. 220) shows 

 C. glauca from " South of central district, extending from Lake Torrens to 

 the Barrier Range, and the plain of the lower Murray River," also C. 

 lepidopMoia from the plain of the Lower Mvrrray. I have not hitherto seen 

 C. glauca from South Australia, and am, indeed, by no means certain of 

 the identification. 



In Western Australia, its occurrence in both coastal and interior localitiv?* 

 has been proved, as I have already shown at some length, and I expect that 

 collectors will find it, not only in South Australia, but also in Western New- 

 South Wales and Queensland. 



